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Patented June 18, 1889.

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4UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM MAON AMAR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONF.- HALF TO IVM. II, HUBBARD, OF SAME PLACE.

COIN-OPERATED RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,578, dated June 18, 1889.

Application filed March 8, 1889. Serial No. 302,507. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

`Be it known that I, WILLIAM MACNAMAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Operated Receptacles; andI do hereby decla-re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in coin-operated attachments for opera-chairs, the object of the invent-ion being to provide and combine with the back of an opera-chair areceptacle or receptacles having a compartment or compartments to contain contections, the., each compartment having a door or equivalent, and mechanism to be operated by a coin to unlock and allow the door to be opened to render the contents of the receptacle accessible.

The invention consists in the special construction of a coin-operated receptacle, and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of said receptacle, substantially as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents in perspective a coin operating confection receptacle constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a centralrvertical section of the same on dotted line a: x, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, a rear view of the same.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the device, which will preferably be made of cast metal of the shape illustrated in t-he drawings, the main 0r central portion being circular and recessed at its rear side, as shown at a', Figs. 2 and 3, to receive the locking mechanism.

The confection receptacle proper B will preferably be tubular in form, and preferably in two pieces B v. $2, the one B', which will be fixed to the frame A, being partially tubular and open at its forward end, and the one B2, which is pivoted, telescoping the one B. The main body of the one B2 will. be cut away, as shown at h3, which opening registers in certain positions with the cutaway 0r open p0rtion of the one B', and will preferably be provided with a rim b4 at its forward end, in which is fixed a transparent glass b5, through which the contents in the pivoted telescopic receptacle may be seen. In other words, the confection-receptacle will preferably consist of two tubes of different diameter telescoping each other, cach having a back D and having portions cut away, and will be so secured to the frame of the device that the inner one is stationary and the other is pivot-ed, so as to turn with relation to the inner one, so that the openings or cut-away portions may register, as before stated.

YFormed upon the rear side of the back of the pivoted tube B2 is a projection c', which extends through a radial slot c2 in the frame A, which projection acts as a catch to be engaged by t-he hook-shaped upper end of a vertical lever O, pivoted in the recessed portion of the frame A, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, stops cS being provided to regulate the movement of said lever, and a spring c4 being provided to press the lower end outward and kgep the hooked end in engagement with the catch upon the movable portion of the receptacle. The lower end of this lever is enlarged, as at c5, and projects within the coin-chute c6,which coin-chute is preferably straight at the top and bottom and irregular at its central portion, a deilectingplate csbeing secured to the frame, as shown in Fig. 3, just below the entrance end of the chute, to deflect the course of the coin in its downward course. This plate cs, besides acting asa deilector, also'acts as a cushion to retard the rapid descent of the coin, and also prevents the withdrawing of the coin after insertion, as by a string fastened to it. It also prevents the offthrowing of the lever by a wire.

As will be noticed, the frame A is open at its lower end from a point just above the enlarged end of the lever to nearly the bottom, which opening is lilled at the upper end bya projecting portion d upon the rear end of the coin-receptacle D, which coin-receptacle will preferably be hinged at d2 to the frame, so as to swing or move outwardly, and will be similar to an oblong box with the top and a portion of the rear side removed.

By the construction herein shown it will be IOO seen that the coin, after throwing the lever to release its hooked end from the catch, Willbe stopped from further descent by binding between the enlarged end of the lever and the side wall of the chute, it resting against the projected portion d of the coin-receptacle at the cut-out portion of the frame, and between said projected portion d of the coin-receiver and an upwardly-proj ected arm d3, secured to the lower portion of the same. This projecting arm d3 may be cast integral with the coinreceptacle, or be made of spring metal and secured thereto in any suitable manner, its object being to carry the coin forward from its resting-place between the lever C and wall of the coin-chute when the coin-receptacle is un locked and swung open.

In my improved coin-operated receptacle it will be seen that but onelever is used, which lever is arranged horizontally or approximately in a line with the travel of the coin; that it is pivoted almost centrally and acts directly upon the door-catch, it being normally held in locked contact with the catch by the spring aforesaid, `and by its special construction and arrangement prevents the proper coin from passing its end and prevents the accidental relooking of the device until the coin is removed by the proper attendant.

The operation of the device is obviously apparent.

The advantages claimed for my improved confection coin-operated receptacle is simplicity, durability, cheapness of construction, and effectiveness in operation.

As will be seen, there are no projecting .hinged doors to be operated, as in most coinoperated receptacles, Vwhich projecting doors are liable to be broken off through carelessness.

It is believed that this invention is the first in which is employed a single operating-lever to engage the catch, and wherein, after the coin has operated to throw the locking-lever, the said lever remains inoperative until the coin is removed, thus accomplishing with one lever and one catch what it has heretofore required a series of levers -and considerable eXtra mechanism to accomplish, and there-.

fore it is desired to draw a claim of sufficient breadth to fully cover this construction and arrangement.

I claim- 1. A coin-operated attachment for operachairs, comprising a frame, a tubular confection-receptacle fixed thereto, with a pivoted tubular portion telescoping it, and mechanism located at the rear of and within the frame to lock and hold the tubular portions with relation t0 each other, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a coin-operated attachment for operachairs, the frame A, recessed atthe back and provided with a pivoted spring-actuated lever C, the confection-receptacle consisting of the teles'coping tubes B B2, one of which is pivoted and has a catch to be engaged by the lever C aforesaid, and the hinged coin-receptacle D, all arranged substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a coin-operated receptacle, the frame A, recessed at the back, as shown, to form a coin-chute, and provided with a slot, as described, the vertical lever C, having the hooked upper end and the enlarged lower end, the confection-receptacle secured to the frame having the moving portion B2, with the'catch c thereon to extend through the slot in the frame and be engaged by the hooked `end of the lever, and the spring c4, to retain the lever C in normal engagement with the catch, substantially as described.

4. In a coin-operated receptacle, the combination of the frame A, having the recess a at the rear thereof and the radial slot c2 through its web, the tubular metal receptacle constructed in two parts., partially telescoping each other, having portions cut away, as described, the projection c upon one of said portions extended through the slot c2, there being a glass b5 secured to the front of one of the portions, and a pivoted spring-operated lever C, to engage the projection c', and a hinged coin-receptacle, arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with the frame A, having a portion cut away at its lower end and provided with a confection-receptacle, of the pivoted or hinged coin-receptacle having a projection d to enter the cut-away portion of the frame, and a projecting arm d to overlap said projection at a distance to carry the coin from its resting-place forward as the coin-receptacle is opened, substantially as set forth. v

6. In combination, the frame A, the twopart telescopic confection-receptacle having a glass front, a hinged coin-receptacle, and mechanism, substantially asdescribed, to op- `erate by the weight of a coin to lo'ck the two parts of the confection-receptacle with relation to each other, substantially as'described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM MA C NAMA'R.

Witnesses:

N. E. C.. WHITNEY, JOSEPH A. MINTURN;

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